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From Audio Research ref cd player to what ? (Cd Transport, streamer, Dac.....?)

I have sold my Ref cd7 as I was willing to upgrade. I thought buying a new dac with a new transport , giving more versatility would be better.
I realize now that lots of transport are available and that finally I just have 200 cd’s or so and the investment on a transport is maybe not that wise....

What quality of transport do I need to buy to be at least at the level of the cd7 ? Moving up the scale I have seen the nuprime cdt 10,  simaudio 260d or t , a newly developed project rst2, or the jay’s cdt2 mk2.

What quality of DAC for not to be disappointed with my previous cd7 ? I have seen Ayre  Codex or Yggdrasil or Bryston BDA3 or psaudio , or mytek....

Is it better to buy a streamer as I don’t have thousands of cd’s ? But what ?

All of this will be associated to an Audio Research Ref3 ,  2x Audio Research Ref 250 , Magnepan 20.7.
I don’t like anemic sound and prefer full bodied, romantic, yet envelopping and textured sound.
I don’t need over transparency as my above rig is sufficiently transparent to let everything appear even in the smallest details.

What do you think ?
thank you


antmou
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mijostyn
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I have a player just for Blu Ray movies and occasional CD playback. All my CDs have been downloaded to a hard drive and are managed by an Apple Mini and the program Pure Music which upsamples everything to 24/192. Most of my music now comes from HD Tracks in 24/96 or above.
I'll never by another high end CD player or transport. Don't need it.
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@antmou Enjoy!
antmou OP
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I ordered a moon 260dt (cd transport) as I prefer to support Occidental business and seems it is more on the path of what I am looking for with my already very transparent system.
I need to find a used DAC with the same preferences. Either an “expensive” one (2000-2500$) or lesser like a bryston bda-1 at 700$ waiting for more in a next step..... ?
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